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Title
$10,000 worth of idle radio equipment
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated January 25, 1957 reads, "Sgt. Richard J. May is shown with partly installed new radio communications equipment which has been lying idle seven months at Valley Division police headquarters in Van Nuys. Equipment can't be used until money is appropriated to remodel two rooms to accommodate it. New unit will allow several operators to work at same time. Only one can use present facilities."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00146690
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d056_f16_i3; H-21274.1 4x5
CARL0005892035
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/74367
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees
Police--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Police communication systems--California--Los Angeles
Radio--California--Los Angeles--Equipment and supplies
Microphones
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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